Jose Maria Barreiro

Jose Maria Barreiro (20 August 1793-11 October 1819) was a Colonel of the Spanish Army during the South American Wars of Liberation. He was defeated by Simon Bolivar's republican army at the Battle of Boyaca in 1819, and he was executed after being captured.

Biography
Jose Maria Barreiro was born in Cadiz, Spain on 20 August 1793, and he was wounded and captured while serving in the Spanish Army during the 1808 defense of Madrid from France. He was liberated in 1810 and served as a captain during the Peninsular War, rising to the rank of colonel in 1815. King Fernando VII of Spain sent Barreiro to serve in Pablo Morillo's expedition to South America during the South American Wars of Liberation, and he was given command of the third division of Morillo's army. Six months after his arrival at Bogota, he was defeated by Simon Bolivar's republican army at the Battle of Boyaca, and Francisco de Paula Santander had him executed by firing squad alongside 38 other prisoners.